‘It Is Finished!’
In a single word, Jesus proclaimed that His work to secure our redemption was done. It was 12 o’clock noon in Jerusalem, the time for the Passover sacrifices to begin. An unusual darkness covered the land (Mt. 27:45; Mk. 15:33). Yet the priests still stood ready to sound the threefold blast from silver trumpets to signal the slaying of the Passover lambs. Earlier, around 9 a.m., Roman soldieGet More Articles—Subscribe Today!
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I have never heard this passage described so clearly. Thank you!
One of the most beautiful articles I have ever read on the Finished Work of Christ.
Thursday, Nisan 14 (April 10, AD 32) was the darkest day in human history, when God the Son died for the atonement of man’s sin. If that was the end of the story, then what a story! But on the 3rd day, He was resurrected providing salvation, redemption, guaranteed hope for the future and eternal life, rather than just an eternal existence. And if that was the end of the story, what a story! Yet, a chapter still remains for the church. The rapture, a part of the unfinished Christmas story still remains. And oh what a story! But for Israel, there remains two chapters to be, the great tribulation and Armageddon, followed by the revelation of Messiah and the millennial kingdom aka the golden age. God began a great story and He will bring it to its final conclusion, to the praise of His glorious grace!
An interesting statement is “Earlier, around 9 a.m., Roman soldiers drove large iron stakes through the wrists and feet of Jesus of Nazareth, nailing Him to a wooden cross (Mk. 15:25).”
The prophet Daniel foretold of the era when he wrote of the image that King Nebuchadnezzar dreamed of “…the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise…” (Daniel 2)